TechByter Worldwide 2017-04-23: Alien Skin's Surprise Spring Present. Reboot or Shut Down Windows with One Click. Short Circuits. Spare Parts.

The latest version of Alien Skin's Exposure X2 adds powerful new layering capabilities, export functions, and support for for more camera raw versions. If you think rebooting a Windows computer is too complicated, what would you think of a single-click solution? In Short Circuits: The Hacker Group called Shadow Brokers recently released information about what it calls new Windows exploits, but Microsoft says patches were already in place for all of them. I have written the third (and, I hope, final) episode of the tale of the mouse. In Spare Parts (only on the website): A survey shows what information we're willing to share with companies to gain access to bargains or better customer support, and now it's possible to order a Sandwich from Subway using Facebook.